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Long-term physiological and behavioral effects of exposure to a highly palatable diet during the perinatal and post-weaning periods.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20688090     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Environmental conditions promote weight gain in children and adults, with early nutritional states and the availability of energy condensed/high-fat palatable diets appearing to facilitate the development of obesity. Little is known about the extent to which prenatal and postnatal dietary manipulations alter the response of the adult offspring to high-fat, highly palatable diets. Here we exposed rat dams to highly palatable diet (supplemental diet, SD), rich in fat and sugars, during pregnancy and lactation, and assessed the potential interactions with the effects of a similar diet offered post-weaning on a range of physiological and behavioral parameters in the adult male offspring. Post-weaning exposure to SD increased body weight, body fat, and plasma leptin levels, as well as the plasma glucose response to glucose challenge, compared to chow-fed rats. Combining perinatal SD with post-weaning exposure (SD/SD group) elevated fasting plasma glucose levels, and induced leptin resistance in the adult rats. The same treatment also resulted in sensitized locomotor response to an acute injection of amphetamine. The glucocorticoid response to stress was not affected by the dietary treatments. We conclude that exposure of mother and young to a highly palatable diet with high-fat and high sugar content during the critical perinatal period, increases the risk of developing an obesity-like condition in rats exposed to the same palatable diet post-weaning, and this effect may be accompanied by adaptations in the reward-related mesostriatal dopaminergic system.
Authors:
Uri Shalev; Alana Tylor; Kristin Schuster; Claudia Frate; Stephanie Tobin; Barbara Woodside
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't     Date:  2010-08-03
Journal Detail:
Title:  Physiology & behavior     Volume:  101     ISSN:  1873-507X     ISO Abbreviation:  Physiol. Behav.     Publication Date:  2010 Nov 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-10-04     Completed Date:  2011-01-28     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0151504     Medline TA:  Physiol Behav     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  494-502     Citation Subset:  IM    
Copyright Information:
Copyright © 2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Center for Studies in Behavioral Neurobiology/Groupe de Recherche en Neurobiologie Comportementale, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. uri.shalev@concordia.ca
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adiposity / physiology
Age Factors
Amphetamine / pharmacology
Animal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
Animals
Appetite Regulation / physiology*
Association Learning / physiology*
Behavior, Animal / drug effects,  physiology
Blood Glucose / metabolism
Body Weight / physiology*
Central Nervous System Stimulants / pharmacology
Conditioning (Psychology) / physiology
Critical Period (Psychology)*
Dietary Fats
Eating / physiology*,  psychology
Female
Food Preferences / physiology*,  psychology
Leptin / blood
Male
Motivation / physiology
Pregnancy
Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects
Rats
Rats, Wistar
Reward
Taste / physiology
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Blood Glucose; 0/Central Nervous System Stimulants; 0/Dietary Fats; 0/Leptin; 300-62-9/Amphetamine

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